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Hi,I was operating a website as a sole trader, but I have recently incorporated a Limited company. Now, I want to operate the website in the name of the company. So, if someone makes a claim against something related to my website, the company will be responsible. How to make sure this separation occurs in practice? I suppose I will have to transfer all the website expenses (domain, hosting etc) to my new business account, is that correct? Thank you

You should do the transfer of domain, hosting etc. That will completely divorce the individual person from the site. Many websites are owned by persons other than the businesses that are promoted on the front end of the internet but were there to be a claim for defamation, for example, the owner of the site could be pulled into the action. As long as the website clearly states to the world that the site is for the particular limited company then you should not have any problem but I would take the additional step of putting everything in the company name. Hope that helps. Please leave a positive rating so that I am credited for my time.

A website owner is a publisher. If the website publishes defamatory material then the owner as publisher could also be sued in the same way that a newspaper publisher could be sued for an article written by a journalist.

Ok, it's all very clear now. Thanks! Regarding what you said in this sentence "As long as the website clearly states to the world that the site is for the particular limited company then you should not have any problem". Why do you mean by clearly states? In all my reviews I speak in first person singular, is it a problem?

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